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2 Timothy 2:1 — Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ…

“Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 2:1 · KJV

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1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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Verse explanation

Paul asks Timothy to draw strength not from his own effort, but from the grace that comes from Christ Jesus, the foundation for everything he is about to ask in the rest of the chapter.

From the 2 Timothy 2 study in Bible in Stories.

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